Category Archives: Memoir

Prisons in America: One Woman’s Story

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Sean Beaudoin and Meg Worden

In this 2-part discussion, Sean Beaudoin and Meg Worden take an unsparing look at the American Incarceration Complex. Continue reading →

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Animal Smell

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Jana Martin

This is the story of not knowing but knowing, and of having the best song I wrote be like my own Fleetwood Mac’ing of our good and earnest little band. It did not really inflict endless damage, but it informed me, and so I suppose this is a bit like a confession and an apology and an admission, because good songs come from nothing less. – Jana Martin Continue reading →

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The Bitter and the Sweet: My Upgrade to Windows 10

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Kurt Baumeister

   I. Like an electronic Benjamin Button, like a newborn at death’s door, my laptop was only a year old but it was already feeling its age. The sadness of that statement shouldn’t be lost on you, nor should the … Continue reading →

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The Other Chris: Replaced Like That Kid from The Partridge Family

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Chris Tsakis

What happens when a cruel kid moves into the house and replaces you like an expendable TV star?
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John Sebastian and the Younger Generation, 2015

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Amanda Nazario

Amanda Nazario takes us along as she gets to see and meet one of her musical idols, the legendary John Sebastian. Despite the show being in a tiny Boston club with a noisy kitchen, iPhone wielders, and an irritating waitress, Nazario’s superfan heart illuminates the under-appreciated genius in his well-deserved glory. Continue reading →

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The Job of a Lifetime

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

Former Christmas tree salesman/child wrangler/fire escape painter Robert Burke Warren realizes the day jobs are a significant part of the story. Continue reading →

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On Losing Faith and Finding Myself Instead

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Sean Murphy

  AUGUST 30, 2002. I was in a church for the first time in forever. The church where I received the Sacrament of Confirmation. The church where my parents celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. The church where my sister was … Continue reading →

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